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  2. List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for English - Wikipedia

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    Sahitya Akademi Award for English Award for contributions to English literature Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First awarded 1960 Last awarded 2022 Highlights Total awarded 51 First winner R. K. Narayan Most Recent winner Anuradha Roy Website sahitya-akademi.gov.in Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi Awards ...

  3. Sahitya Akademi - Wikipedia

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    sahitya-akademi .gov .in. The Sahitya Akademi, India 's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. [1] Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of the Indian government. Its office is located in Rabindra Bhavan near Mandi House in Delhi .

  4. List of foreign-language films nominated for Academy Awards

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    The French comedy À Nous la Liberté (1931) was the first foreign language film to be nominated for an Academy Award ( Best Art Direction ); the German-language Swiss drama Marie-Louise (1944) was the first to actually win one ( Best Original Screenplay ). Although a Los Angeles theatrical release is not required for eligibility for the Best ...

  5. History of English - Wikipedia

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    e. English is a West Germanic language that originated from Ingvaeonic languages brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands. The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles from the mid-5th century and came to dominate the bulk of southern ...

  6. Kifissia - Wikipedia

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    www.kifissia.gr. Kifisia or Kifissia (also Kephisia or Cephissia; Greek: Κηφισιά, pronounced [cifiˈsça]) is a municipality and one of the most affluent northern suburbs in the Athens agglomeration, Attica, Greece, mainly accessed via Kifissias Avenue, running all the way from central Athens up to Theseos Avenue in the suburb of Nea ...

  7. Anna Christie (1930 English-language film) - Wikipedia

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    Directed by Jacques Feyder and filmed at MGM in July and August 1930 (the English-language version had been filmed in October and November 1929), it also stars Garbo as Anna, but with Theo Shall, Hans Junkermann and Salka Viertel playing Matt, Chris and Marthy. Garbo's famous first line became "Whisky – aber nicht zu knapp!"

  8. Papiamento - Wikipedia

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    Papiamento (English: / ˌ p ɑː p i ə ˈ m ɛ n t oʊ /) or Papiamentu (English: / ˌ p ɑː p i ə ˈ m ɛ n t uː /; Dutch: Papiaments [ˌpaːpijaːˈmɛnts]) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao).

  9. The Green Goddess (1930 film) - Wikipedia

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    Arliss was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance. Plot [ edit ] A small plane carrying three British citizens — Major Crespin ( H.B. Warner ), his estranged wife Lucilla ( Alice Joyce ), and pilot Dr. Traherne ( Ralph Forbes ) — becomes lost and is forced to crash land in the tiny realm of Rukh ...